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Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording — Setting the electronic shutter
Setting the electronic shutter
Shutter mode
The shutter modes available on the camera’s electronic shutter and shutter speeds that can be selected are as follows.
Using a xed shutter speed
f To remove icker caused by lighting
f To shoot fast-moving subjects clearly
Using the synchro scan mode
f To shoot so that stripe patterns are eliminated in the horizontal direction when shooting on the monitor screen
f To shoot moving subjects with special effects
Using the half shutter speed
f To shoot lms with special effects
[REC FORMAT] indicates only frame rate. For example, [AVC-I100/60i] is 60i, and [AVC-G50/30PN] is 30P.
[REC FORMAT] Shutter speed Half shutter speed Variable range of synchro scan mode
60P
60i
[1/100], [1/120], [1/250],
[1/500], [1/1000],
[1/2000], [HALF],
[180.0deg], [172.8deg],
[144.0deg], [120.0deg],
[90.0deg], [45.0deg]
1/120 1/60.1 - 1/7200
3.0 deg - 359.5 deg
(in 0.5 deg steps)
30P 1/60 1/30.0 - 1/3600
24P 1/48 1/24.0 - 1/2880
50P
50i
[1/60], [1/120], [1/250],
[1/500], [1/1000],
[1/2000], [HALF],
[180.0deg], [172.8deg],
[144.0deg], [120.0deg],
[90.0deg], [45.0deg]
1/100 1/50.1 - 1/6000
25P 1/50 1/25.0 - 1/3000
Setting the shutter mode and speed
Switch the <SHUTTER> switch to set the shutter speed in the shutter mode.
The shutter speed in the synchro scan mode can be easily change by the <SYNCHRO SCAN> adjustment button on the side.
The shutter speed selection range can be restricted or use of the synchro scan mode can be selected beforehand in the main menu → [CAMERA] →
[SHUTTER SPEED] and [SHUTTER SELECT].
Once selected, the shutter speed is saved even after the camera is turned off.
<SHUTTER> switch
1
Press the <SHUTTER> switch positioned at <OFF> towards <ON>.
2
Press the <SHUTTER> switch from <ON> towards <SEL>, and repeat this operation until the desired mode or speed is displayed
on the viewfinder screen.
f If all modes and speeds are available, the display changes in the following order.
POSITION1 POSITION2 POSITION3 POSITION4 POSITION5 POSITION6
Standard mode
Synchro scan mode